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When it's time to switch games, a quick press of your Xbox One's eject button should be all it takes to remove a disc. The eject button found immediately to the right of the disc slot itself, and ...

New to the Mac? Don't just yank that flash drive out! Here's how to eject a disk the right way. It is oh-so-tempting to just pull that flash drive out of your USB port when you’re done with it. But ...

Last week I provided a semi-exhaustive list of ways to open a recalcitrant CD or DVD drive or eject a recalcitrant CD or DVD disc.

Safely removing external drives before removing them might sound like old-school advice, but it's still important to keep your files healthy.